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Three people have been confirmed dead after a Nigerien military helicopter crashed on return from a routine training flight.<\/p>\n

The defence ministry said the accident happened on Monday when the Russian-built Mi-17 crashed<\/a> as it was landing at a military base at Niamey airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, all three crewmembers \u2013 a Nigerien officer and NCO and an expatriate instructor \u2013 died immediately despite efforts by rescue services to put out the fire,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

An investigation has been launched, the statement said.<\/p>\n

AFP reported that the world\u2019s poorest country by the benchmark of the United Nations\u2019 Human Development Index, has vowed to boost its military in the face of jihadist insurgencies in the southwest and southeast of the country.<\/p>\n

Niger is receiving training and logistical support from France and the United States, which have major air bases in Niger, and from Belgium, Italy and Germany.<\/p>\n

The defence ministry separately said Monday that \u201c25 terrorists\u201d were killed last week \u201cfrom an air strike\u201d in the western region of Tillaberi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The defence ministry said the accident happened on Monday when the Russian-built Mi-17 crashed as it was landing at a military base at Niamey airport. \u201cUnfortunately, all three crewmembers \u2013 a Nigerien officer and NCO and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":237620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"PUNCH","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"https:\/\/punchng.com\/three-die-in-niger-military-helicopter-crash\/","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[3024,48,16873,1146],"class_list":["post-237618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","tag-crash","tag-death","tag-military-helicopter","tag-niger-republic"],"yoast_head":"\nThree die as Niger military helicopter crashes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/26\/three-die-as-niger-military-helicopter-crashes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three die as Niger military helicopter crashes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three people have been confirmed dead after a Nigerien military helicopter crashed on return from a routine training flight. 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